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About Makanpur Devpur Village

Makanpur Devpur is a mid sized village in Roorkee tehsil, in the district of Hardwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 537, made up of 289 males and 248 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 247668, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makanpur Devpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makanpur Devpur village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Hardwar
Tehsil Roorkee
Pincode 247668
Area (hectares) 119.47 hectares
Population 537
Male Population 289
Female Population 248
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 858
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Makanpur Devpur compares

By the 2011 count Makanpur Devpur is the 210th largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,433 residents. Its 119.47 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Makanpur Devpur

Makanpur Devpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Makanpur Devpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Makanpur Devpur from other places

Makanpur Devpur lies about 36 km from Hardwar, and the nearest railway station is Iqbalpur, about under 2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Makanpur Devpur
Nearest railway station Iqbalpur under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Roorkee 8.5 km
District headquarters Hardwar 36 km

Villages closest to Makanpur Devpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Roorkee tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Makanpur Devpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Makanpur Devpur village had a population of 537. That makes it the 210th largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,433 residents.

Makanpur Devpur village has 289 males and 248 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makanpur Devpur has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 869.

The pincode recorded for Makanpur Devpur is 247668. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makanpur Devpur covers 119.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makanpur Devpur falls under Roorkee tehsil of Hardwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Makanpur Devpur is Iqbalpur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Makanpur Devpur.

Makanpur Devpur is about 36 km from Hardwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makanpur Devpur is in Roorkee tehsil of Hardwar district. Iqbalpur is about under 2 km away. Roorkee is about 8.5 km away. Hardwar is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Naubatpur Mulewala (under 2 km), Khatakher (under 2 km) and Dharmpur (1.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Makanpur Devpur today is likely to be higher.

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